LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has taken a decisive step by formally petitioning the Nigeria Police Force against Max Air, citing grave concerns over the endangerment of lives due to reported safety violations. This move comes in the wake of Max Air’s purported presentation of altered records to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in South Africa have arrested the husband of a Regional Court Magistrate, Mamello Thamae,40, after her body was discovered in the boot of their car in Lesotho. Police had on Friday, September 22, 2023, launched a manhunt after Thamae and her husband, Lehlohonolo Maketoane, were reported missing. At the time, SAPS…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s northern Kano state declared a 24-hour curfew on Wednesday after a tribunal overturned the election of an opposition candidate as governor and declared a member of President Bola Tinubu’s party the rightful winner. Police in Kano, which has the highest number of registered voters, said in a statement that violators of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than eight security agents comprising soldiers, policemen and Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps have been killed by gunmen in Imo State. The incident which happened on Tuesday morning in Umualumaku community, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state has thrown the area into panic. The joint security taskforce…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 35-year old man, Nwofe Chibueze, has landed in trouble for allegedly pretending to be dead during a clash with Police operatives from Idimu Division. His purported death was circulated on social media alleging that the Police killed him in Lagos State. P.M.EXPRESS reports that the purported death of Chibueze caused serious…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Security operatives, on Monday, arrested the King of Akoh Kingdom, His Royal Majesty Eze Ikegbidi, following the murder of the Ahoada Divisional Police Officer, Bako Angbashim, by suspected cultists last Friday. The slain DPO was ambushed and captured by gunmen while returning from an operation in Odiemere community, Ahoada East, and…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ola Olayode, 45, a self-confessed pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG) presiding over a parish in Ogun State, is currently in trouble. So also is Owonikoko Akeem John, 36, a Unit Commandant of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, (VGN). They are both in hot soup over allegations of armed…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, on Sunday confirmed an attempt by a gang to break into a bank in the state. He said the police received a distress call around 4:20 a.m. and responded swiftly to the situation. He disclosed this on his Twitter handle…